Negative interest rates: Challenge or opportunity for Europe’s banks?
By Whelsy Boungou It has been five years since commercial banks, in particular those in the euro zone, have faced a new challenge, that of […]
OFCE blog
The impact on redistribution of the ECB’s monetary policy
By Jérôme Creel and Mehdi El Herradi A few weeks before Christine Lagarde assumes the presidency of the European Central Bank (ECB), it may be useful […]
The OFCE optimistic about growth – “As usual”?
By Magali Dauvin and Hervé Péléraux In the spring of 2019, the OFCE forecast real GDP growth of 1.5% for 2019 and 1.4% for 2020 (i.e. […]
Business investment hurt by Brexit
By Magali Dauvin At a time when the outlook for world trade outlook remains glum [1], British domestic demand is struggling to remain dynamic: household […]
Climate justice and the social-ecological transition
By Éloi Laurent There is something deeply reassuring about seeing the growing scale of climate markets in numerous countries around the globe. A section of […]
On French corporate immaterial investment
By Sarah Guillou A note on the immaterial singularity of business investment in France from 26 October 2018 highlighted the significant scale of investment in […]
German women work less than French women
By Hélène Périvier and Gregory Verdugo In terms of the employment rate, French women work less than German women: in 2017 the employment rate of women […]
Why some countries have fared better than other after the Great Recession
by Aizhan Shorman and Thomas Pastore The European labor market is characterized by a great economical and institutional divergence. On the one hand, there is […]
Brexit: Roads without exits?
By Catherine Mathieu and Henri Sterdyniak The result of the referendum of 23 June 2016 in favour of leaving the European Union has led to a […]
Spain: a 2018 budget on target, if the Commission likes it or not
By Christine Rifflart With a deficit of 3.1% of GDP in 2017, Spain has cut its deficit by 1.4 points from 2016 and has been […]